children now see about eight thousand murders by the end of elementary school five two hundred thousand violent acts by the age of eighteen from movies television shows to video games to children. twenty four hour news channels ration is now seen every day formulate a stable industrial in. those low for shakespeare those while those who say if this think about it while it was a good job of artistic and journalistic future but most of the violence there to see what i have been coming to god came down from heaven and stopped. at the. moment in a pretty what. makes the pill easier to swallow. everybody

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thank. you. to vote on whether to split from the north giving millions of refugees hope they'll be able to come back. or whether. black birds. it's a story that's making a fellow's fly a. dead fish across the world. accompanying them.

a lot of these young recruits are put through the mill in preparation to protect their country takes an exclusive look at russian special forces in training. news from russia and around the world this is r t here in moscow good to have you with us this millions of sudanese are preparing to vote in a referendum that could see one of africa's poorest and most troubled nations split into two countries and the vote that starts on sunday the christian dominated south is widely expected to choose independence from the mainly muslim north. is being held as part of a peace deal which and the decades of civil war in two thousand and five the tension remains in the region with just on saturday nine people killed in an attack on south sudanese soldiers the civil conflict claimed two million lives and displaced four million people thousands of those sought refuge in israel

a place considered an enemy state by sudanese government. met some of the refugees to ask about their hopes for the upcoming historic vote. the road to freedom. israel wasn't their first choice egypt was but as the thousands of refugees fleeing sudan found themselves under assault by a police force trying to clean up the streets the decision to cross over into israel seemed and logical one. is. and they do or they do scan. and christiane but the journey was long sometimes on foot sometimes paying bedouins to drive them you have to cross the border and coming to the israeli border without mesure the souldiers of not to see you otherwise you would be killed or something shooting and made their journey three years ago with his wife and four children he

watched friends and family die along the way some were shot some died of hunger. and or you. see who have weapon on and with this but israel doesn't really know what to do with these refugees last year alone eighteen thousand arrived just from sudan and eritrea is always party to the convention on the status of refugees which means a constant refugees back home if this would risk their lives but keeping them here is becoming more and more difficult. benjamin korean works as a cleaner in a hotel and struggles to make ends meet my life. how can i walking. or. i didn't go to my unit to clean my should be rain hours and thousands of sudanese share his story poor homes no jobs little money and it's

too dangerous to go back to sudan sudan government is again israel the israelis. come in israel. accusing our anime of our. if you're going to northern sudan you would be king and sudanese leaders have said as much if the authorities were to research the northern government of sudan finds out that the person has sought asylum in israel this person would be in in serious risk of persecution southern sudan is holding a referendum on whether to separate from the north and become an independent state if the final stage of the peace agreement that ended up twenty two years of rule many of them have has spurred from being in israel for such a long time with no rights whatsoever people realize that they don't really have a future here and people are also homesick and me and benjamin moore not sure what

to do home beckons despite the risks if those southern sudan is pre-dawn. i would decide to go back to my. ati southern israel. when thousands of turtle doves fell from the sky in italy it became one of the latest examples of a series of unexplained mass animal deaths across the globe some of the more outlandish speculation is suggested it could be the first signs of the end of the wall. of attacks and look to see if there really is something fishy going on all if it's just media hype. sing a song of suspects one where the end is nigh as thousands of black birds fell out of the sky and when the birds were found the news began to sing the end of days conspiracy does have a catchy ring. at first it was just arkansas grabbing the world's attention then louisiana followed suit and your brush feathers with mysterious avian deaths in sweden experts attempted to calm the public by suggesting the birds got scared of

fireworks who are flew into trees and cars because of bad weather and we know is that fireworks or weather could not cause five thousand black birds to have a liquefied insides that's what the fish and wildlife bet marion sad they've never seen anything like it now we're seeing the same polarization of the insides of black birds they are dad when they hit the ground they are dying in the night while they're roosting in trees but then one hundred thousand dead fish. that seem to have opened the floodgates i think the media by and large not a portion are actually underestimating how serious it is so i believe you have multiple causes but basically i mean that the entire planet is an uproar that we have a toxic release of gases and changes in the oceanic currents of the entire erp system

is no destructive for those not very impressed with the scientific explanation and there's always the religious one fanatic blogger. have once again started flooding the world wide web with end of days posts and the international media storm free news during the slow post christmas month of january is having a field day and you are calling sooner rather than later. you could not even get down the road without running over hundreds it was that bad with more and more mysterious deaths around the world fish in brazil australia and new zealand crabs in the u.k. the frenzy is growing and the headlines scream. these fishy stories look set to continue stealing the media spotlight at least until scientists have had a chance to examine the dead animals or you know the world comes to an end whichever of course happens first. catherine as our r.t. moscow well filmmaker. says media sensationalism is taking the focus away from

finding the real scientific causes behind the widespread deaths. when one set of incidents happens followed by another set followed by a third said suddenly it becomes a trend then it becomes a much bigger story in the media but it's still sort of a mystery it may be that each example is actually specific to a particular local set of circumstances we don't know they're calling it. you know flock of birds coming up with new catchy words new ad lives and the like obviously it's it's a something that intrigues audiences even if there isn't a lot of explanation it seems to be a pattern of this sort of thing where you have alarmist headlines followed by a few examples which then you know lead to sober conclusions about the dramatic events and then there's no follow up for so you know if we really never find out

what really happened and this is the inattention of the media maybe even the amnesia of the media the refusal to speak to the people who are most in the know because all of this is sort of titillation for the public and yet it could be a very serious. well still ahead for you this. communist bogeyman get a new lease on life because of socialism attract new admirers in financial crisis in america also. we gain access to the training of russia's elite special forces to see just what they have to go through three minutes from now. but first more than three hundred people stranded on board a ship in the icy waters off russia's far eastern coast are still awaiting rescue it's the last of three vessels that became stuck more than a week ago extreme weather conditions have been hampering the operation officials

say the people on board are in no immediate danger and have enough supplies for an icebreaker is expected to arrive within several hours to help with the rescue of the still stranded ship which needs a bigger path through the ice to get out the second as it was currently being towed to safety by the icebreaker admiral mcconnell. when our top they join some other international news in brief the u.s. authorities have ordered the message the web site twitter to hand over personal details of people linked to wiki leaks the district court in virginia wants all account information including user names phone numbers addresses and payment details we can explore during the sanj and an icelandic m.p. are among them u.s. criminal investigations looking at the songes involvement in the leaking of thousands of classified documents. the shia cleric. has called the u.s. u.k. and israel common enemies of iraq during his first speech since returning from four years of self-imposed exile thousands of supporters gathered to hear him urge the

rejection of what he called the u.s. occupation soldiers return from the law comes a month after his movement won thirty nine seats in iraq's newly formed. long spread popularity after the two thousand and three. it says it wants to reopen two way talks with saw as soon as possible to settle the situation on the korean peninsula and will offer to start negotiations without preconditions this month is the second such proposal from pyongyang this week the south dismissed the first one instance in relations between the two koreas abruptly deteriorated after the shelling of a self korean animal november that left four people inside claims the other far from. a congresswoman has been shot in the u.s. state of arizona democrat gabrielle giffords was reportedly fired upon and point blank range during that public appearance at a store in the city of tucson some reports suggest she was hit in the head and

police say up to twelve other people were also wounded by an unknown gunman at the event we'll get more on this story as it develops and of course we'll pass on the information to you as soon as possible in terms of rising unemployment and poverty in united states the idea of social equality is beginning to seem appealing to some so much so that the work of marx engels and even lenin is going through a minor resurgence what is your list went to meet a few of america's socialists. in the very first sentence of the congress manifesto and. specter hangs over europe the specter of communism like. in modern day us the specter of communism hangs over the bottom for a brick building on the west side of downtown new york city the rock from started out actually as the new york marks of school in one thousand seventy five here communism is certainly no bogeyman and it's poster a philosopher so to speak is revered marxist and i wanted to be around other

more and and it's just a talk with all the marxists in the u.s. that may sound a little taboo even unpatriotic to the average joe but these days amid rising poverty and inequality in the country more and more people are joining in the discussion certainly since the kind of the economic crisis where the financial crisis kind of hit home and a lot of people realized you know there are some systemic problems we saw a huge increase in influx of traffic here people opening their eyes to a different view here people's histories poster projects wherever you look you can see a chapter of events not found in history books they don't realize that haiti was the first free black republic in the western hemisphere you know and historically they've been punished because of it. choose a door and behind it you may find any number of leftist social movements left out of mainstream news here i am partly halle these carolers are urging

a boycott of israel because of its policies towards palestine and the building of illegal settlements in the west bank partly for the only great they sure. was a hero i think that was behind another door you could hear the discourse left out of many american colleges i feel that it was just an amazing world of knowledge that i had never been exposed to. people also just play poker with the side of political analysis you don't hear on cable the whole struggle. you know the immigration story everything this is caused by capra stranglehold. though we're at the marxist school the people we've spoken to here are calling for any kind of proletariat revolution no violent political uprising but everywhere you

look at the history in the philosophy of communism is here you can see all of the works of marx engels over here is lenin even here the writings of joseph stalin and the version of monopoly that they play is called class struggle to prepare for life in capitalist america where the object is to win the revolution of workers when it socialism capitalists when it's barbarism talking to people around the breck forum it seems many are trying to implement the change they're studying without uttering that yes or see as in communism now it's become more positive to say progressive or less whatever you want to call it they are actively trying to solve the problems and inequality they see in the country which is an attempt to make change but maybe right now it's not in terms of a revolution but a working from within which you can call any number of things but probably not unpatriotic or in mr aren't t. new york. well check out www dot com for more news analysis here's some of what's

in and out for you right now on our web site europe sees a spike in the number of arrested terrorist suspects raising questions whether paul browne checks among asylum seekers to blame also. find out about you could use mystical messengers between humans and spirits tradition of shamanism lives on in some remote parts of russia for more on that story and plenty of others to call. download the official anti application to your i phone or i pod touch from the. life on the go. video on demand tease my old girls and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com russia special forces are on the front line of protecting their country

from terrorism and abroad only the fix is the strongest and the best k'naan the right to wear the spetsnaz crims and bury parties more if emotional went to meet the latest recruits hoping to receive that owner. it may look like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster but the special forces are very real. these young soldiers part of the country's internal forces are preparing to meet and his friends their country may face the history of special units all sprits not in the russian army goes back centuries that tactics and techniques have evolved dependent on the key challenges of the time but these guys have always been the lead and in the twenty first century they are on the front line of the fight against terror a siege hostage taking for these youngsters these are life like scenarios from training. none have get taken part in

a real operation. day by day they learn how to act effectively face to face with an enemy which is exhausting both physically and mentally but for many facing their own fears remains the hardest thing. for him said to belong to the elite but of course i am a human and argue about it veers to cope with them is a reason soldiers number one most challenging turn. left turn and colonel and drake or i if it's here to help the young boys deal with that oh no the order of courage was serious in chechnya and crimson bury the top space not only similar to america's greenberry he knows how to take control of human nature was aboard many sportsmen come to us and fails only twenty percent managed to prove they deserve it as a truce but it's not soldier which is a fusion of physical insurance and what may be even more important emotional

maturity. countering terrorism is a spats not spatiality but they could be sent to any kind of emergency if that threatens the country's security in mid december when the russian capital was hit by a wave. violent nationalist riots spetznaz soldiers were on standby close by. may say that's no job for special forces or the police we don't agree there is the order and we have to carry it out as well as we can that's it was almost your. all of these young soldiers a conscript immediately. many say they will stay for longer sign a contract and continue passionately in the least. very notion r t. one of you're thinking of hitting the winter sales in moscow and that are to show you how to get the latest must have trends for less here in the russian capital.

now although the stores in cuba are generally expensive january is the best time to come shopping here you'll find terrific bargains during the sales and western design is such as paul smith kenzo or mali for example amazing clothes a discounted prices. and join the modern entries in ten minutes from now on by the way in the sports update for in about half an hour from now we'll be finding out why it took two days for the new junior ice hockey world champions to get home before that we have the latest from the world of business the weekend business update is next stay with us . welcome to our business program. a high tech country needs to make high tech

products the government is putting its political and financial capital behind modernizing the economy but it also needs to find innovative goods the rest of the world might want to buy that tell you how close reports. the gigantic ultramodern building obstacle cover innovation center these days it's attracting a lot of interest from those who in the near future could change the face of both russian science and its economy speaking at the forum the presidential aide even went as far as saying that russia may become the world leader in innovation within the next five years but for that to happen talent needs to be nurtured and harnessed such as that belonging to this fifteen year old muscovite was in the us this model is built with a legacy construction cage it's intended for people with limited hand movement it is constructed on the principle of human biomechanics and fully replicates the

hands function i'm currently expanding my project and i hope it will soon help even those who are paralyzed three times that they had a roof not a was more cautious and preferred not to unveil details of their breakthrough projects but assured that there were at least three that could change the world and it was the sense of exciting potential that was attracting a new wave of private capital to come to russia a number of. other what you got this is what this is about eleven billion dollars yeah what is the point of for me that we. are investing eleven you know less than fifty percent. more. topics from the road to the top five sectors prioritize to drive russia's modernization our energy efficiency nuclear in space technology medicine telecommunications and aunty but some of the most interesting projects have universal appeal and cut across all

areas. of the economy and society this is what the library of the future should look like in the eyes of some young russian inventors they believe it could be a real money spinner in just the last year more than one hundred thousand people have paid to join their start up service booth scientists and businessmen agree that finding talent in russia is not the major problem the research group has already found many exciting and innovative candidates the trick will be to harness that into primary or energy to produce goods that will make the whole world sit up and take notice and then get out its wallet. r t moscow. two thousand and eleven will see more changes in the banking system with some players leaving the market and the rules getting stricter speaking exclusively to r.t. deputy general director of russia's deposit insurance agency under miller cough spoke about the upcoming reforms. that those are the only changes we think we should make

is to create procedures so that the assets and deposits of a bank or bank are given to a healthy one that's the situation we see in the states of the moment in the us in ninety five percent of cases this mechanism is being implemented the clients of the bankrupt banks are given access to their deposits quicker also the agency together with the state doesn't have to spend a lot of money and the liquidation process is faster so now we think this mechanism could be used in our country we have already tried it several times and found that it works we think it is possible and this will also give us more but unities to save capital reserves the central bank plans to raise the minimum capital requirement for retail banks do you think this will force a more banks into liquidation. or sector or pocket question this move lies in the overall strategy to develop the banking sector last year the minimum level was

three million dollars the next step is six million dollars until the end of two thousand and eleven for all banks to fulfill this obligation the system needs capital reserves of some three hundred million dollars i don't think this is a crucial figure so i believe the russian banking system will see another minimal level increase and this will prompt further reduction in the number of banks present in the market next year i expect this to for some ten to twelve banks to leave the sector but this will not be critical for the whole system. do you see more consolidation in the banking market next year and i think on the every year around fifty banks leave the market next year our forecast is that some thirty banks will have to be shut down but you can never really say exactly how many banks our country needs the main aim is for all of these banks to function properly currently we have around one thousand banks in the market and they cooperate quite

well with each other. and russian companies enjoyed a successful rebound from the crisis in two thousand and ten as investors increasingly turn to emerging markets but a select group emerged as big winners and potential gainers in two thousand and eleven airflow the end of the year well as it was laying choi a rebound in consumer demand and a recovering economy mark rubenstein from metropole explains why russian carrier will continue to interest investors in two thousand and eleven. used to play their fast recovery consumer demand in russia which is faster current . continue in my view in two thousand and eleven and there are flawed is certainly in the sector which is which is around the circle which has a high correlation with consumer demand are flawed so there's going to be the

beneficiaries of that growth because it's an airline. and that's your business update for this hour but you can always find more business stories on our website that's r t dot com slash business stay with us.